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Given the MEANING, identify the HISTORICAL WORD
1. union, confederation, or formal relation between States by agreement
Answer: alliance
2. scientist who studies man and society
Answer: anthropologist
3. satisfaction of aggressor by granting of concessions
Answer: appeasement
4. scientist who studies prehistoric remains and artifacts of early man
Answer: archaeologist
5. use of bow and arrows
Answer: archery
6. trade by exchange of goods
Answer: barter
7. supreme Hindu deity or creator of the universe
Answer: Brahma
8. successor of prophet Mohammed; official head of Islam
Answer: caliph, Khalifa
9. social class in Hindu society based on birth
Answer: caste
10. soldiers on horseback
Answer: cavalry
11. temporary alliance between political parties
Answer: coalition
12. territory directly controlled by an outside power, sometimes by force
Answer: colony
13. sealed contract or binding agreement
Answer: covenant
14. traditional and generally accepted practice
Answer: custom
15. warrior knight of Japan directly below the shogun during the feudal period
Answer: daimyo
16. student or follower of a leader of religious thought
Answer: disciple
17. ruling family with line of hereditary rulers
Answer: dynasty
18. voyage or journey with a definite purpose
Answer: expedition
19. union formed by joining together of two or more states
Answer: federation
20. system of rule by local lords with ties of loyalty to a king
Answer: feudalism
21. territory held in fee or provided in exchange for loyalty
Answer: fief
22. short Japanese poem that describes scene or generates feelings
Answer: haiku
23. rule of emperor or control of colony / region by another country
Answer: imperialism
24. soldiers on foot
Answer: infantry
25. sacred book of Mohammedans
Answer: Koran
26. slender tower of mosque
Answer: minaret
27. state of losing oneself and attaining impersonal beatitude as per Buddhist highest good
Answer: nirvana
28. wanderer who roams different pastures
Answer: nomad
29. share for each person, party or state
Answer: quota
30. surviving remnant or memento of holy person kept after death
Answer: relics
31. wise and holy person
Answer: sage
32. warrior knight of Japan during the feudal period; army officer in modern Japan
Answer: samurai
33. sacred book of a religion or the Bible
Answer: scripture
34. sediment rich in minerals deposited by moving water or flooding rivers
Answer: silt
35. trading of religious offices; trafficking in church promotions
Answer: simony
36. ruler with supreme power exempt from external control
Answer: sovereign
37. wise experienced practical politician involved in management of State affairs
Answer: statesman
38. sculptured figure of person or animal usually the same size as in real life or larger
Answer: statue
39. state of affairs as of some date or event
Answer: status quo
40. schedule of duties on goods
Answer: tariff
41. systematic intimidation or unlawful violent acts by a group to further a cause
Answer: terrorism
42. tax of one-tenth paid to the church, especially of annual land produce
Answer: tithe
43. wealthy Japanese families who own large businesses and dominate the economy
Answer: zaibatsu
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